Certainly and Openly

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Certainly adverb - Without any question.

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Openly and certainly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Openly" instead an adverb "Certainly".

Nearby Words: certain, certainty

Openly adverb - In an open way.

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Certainly and openly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certainly" instead an adverb "Openly".

Nearby Word: openness

It certainly has a similar feel to "A Spoonful of Sugar" Hidden Disdain Reveal: Despite how she openly tells it to his face, it takes a bit for Galavant to realize Madalena never truly loved him.

Source: Series / Galavant
While she's certainly shallow, immature, and a ditz, she doesn't really seem any worse than Designated Hero Luann, aside from being openly self-absorbed instead of being all passive-aggressive about it...

Source: Designated Monkey
Hemingway was certainly hoping to invoke this by making his gangsters openly racist, because in 1927, a good number of his readership would have shared these attitudes.

Source: Film / The Killers

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